Microsoft’s next OS update for Windows Phone 7 handsets won’t be available until sometime in 2013.
Hybrid drives, meaning those that integrate a large chunk of NAND flash memory into a conventional magnetic platter hard drive, have been around for several years now. Their initial splash came with Windows Vista and its ReadyDrive feature, but driver complications bogged down early adoption. It was, relatively speaking, a disaster.
While 20,000 apps in an online store may seem paltry compared to the more than 700,000 apps in Apple's store and more than 600,000 apps in Google Play, for an upstart in the app trade like Microsoft, the milestone is significant.
Nearly one in four PC users run out-of-date or obsolete versions of the most popular browsers for a month or longer with Mozilla Firefox users the slowest to update their software, Kaspersky Lab has found.
South Korean electronics firm Samsung's Galaxy S3 has outsold Apple's iPhone 4S for the first time, becoming the world's best-selling smartphone, says research firm Strategy Analytics.
Google Tuesday released a Chrome browser update with a video decoding enhancement that the company claims will help users save battery life.
New study by IDC shows 75 percent of smartphones around the world are on Google's Android operating system.
Trusted Computing features were little noticed in Windows 7, but will get more attention in the new Windows 8 as DirectAccess technology bolsters PC security with support for virtual smart cards.
Taiwanese computer maker Acer has put back the launch of its Windows RT tablets following mixed reviews for Microsoft's own Surface device which is powered by the new operating system.
Fewer than half of U.S. consumers have heard of Windows 8, hinting that Microsoft faces a tough task convincing buyers that they need to jump on the bandwagon.